By 1920, the immense scale Henry Ford's international fame could be matched only by the size of his financial assets and the magnitude of his ego. Though Henry would not wrest sole control of Ford Motor Company—the automobile manufacturer...
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and the world's third largest automaker based on worldwide vehicle sales. For 2007, Ford is the third-ranked automaker in US sales after General Motors and Toyota. This is the first time in the...
* DIED: Christian W. Graefe, 66, Finnish consul; of cancer, in Perryvale; Alta. Born in Helsinki, he came to Canada in 1952 and worked for Agriculture Canada and the Ford Motor Company in Oakville, Ont., before moving to Edmonton in 1954. There he served...
OPINION & ANALYSIS THE BUSINESS Ford has to appreciate that its dealers are now confronting angry customers who don't want their cars tied up in service bays. No one could have imagined or predicted the flood of bad news that has...
Explores how the Ford Motor Company transformed itself to do business in a rapidly changing modern world. Describes how the emergence of e-commerce presented an opportunity to improve company structure for information sharing and process changes that could also enhance relationships with suppliers, dealers and customers. Considers how Ford's vision in using e-commerce to integrate processes across their organization was wise in the wake of a technology driven economy.
